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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 8, 2024, the availability of the final updated Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) Standard (the Standard). 89 Fed. Reg. 64915. According to EPA, the update includes a name change to the title of the Standard, a revision to the packaging criteria, a new certification for cleaning service providers, a new provision allowing for preterm partnership termination under exceptional circumstances, and the addition of...
August 19, 2024
Registration is Now Open for “An Update on the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability,” September 18, 2024, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (EDT)
The Acta Group (Acta®) is pleased to present “An Update on the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability,” a complimentary webinar that will review and update how the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability is fundamentally reshaping the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and the Classification, Labeling, and Packaging (CLP) regulations in ways that are resetting the global stage for the regulation of chemicals. During this webinar, Meglena...
Lara A. Hall, Senior Regulatory Scientist/Quality Assurance Specialist, Acta and Michelle C. Mims, Regulatory Scientist/Quality Assurance Specialist, Acta, are pleased to present "Ensuring Data Quality and Compliance to Support Global Antimicrobial Registrations" during the Household & Commercial Products Association's (HCPA) Antimicrobial Regulatory Frameworks Across the Globe Webinar Series. This session will explore the overarching quality and compliance requirements of data developed to...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule on August 8, 2024, to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by 1-bromopropane (1-BP) under its conditions of use (COU) as documented in EPA’s August 2020 Risk Evaluation for 1-BP and the December 2022 Revised Risk Determination for 1-BP prepared under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 89 Fed. Reg. 65066. To address the identified unreasonable risk, EPA proposes requirements to, among other...
August 12, 2024
Lynn L. Bergeson, “EPA Targets But Doesn’t Ban N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP),” Chemical Processing, August 12, 2024.
On June 14, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed restrictions under Section 6(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to protect workers and consumers from exposure to N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) (89 Fed. Reg. 51134). To address the unreasonable risks the EPA identified, the agency proposes a combination of worker and consumer protections. Given NMP’s ubiquitous applications, this is an important TSCA proposal....
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) announced on August 5, 2024, that its Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Products Program has developed new concept draft language to implement the recently amended Title 38, Section 1614, the section addressing PFAS in products. MDEP has made the concept draft language available for an informal outreach process until August 30, 2024. After the informal outreach process, MDEP plans to proceed with...
Chemical Watch presents FIFRA Fundamentals, a two-day training about registration requirements for pesticides under the US Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and regulatory requirements for pesticide production, importation and distribution. Lisa R. Burchi, Senior Regulatory Specialist, Acta; Meibao Zhuang, Senior Scientist/Regulatory Consultant, Acta; Heather F. Collins, MS, Regulatory Consultant, Acta; and Dana S. Lateulere, Regulatory Consultant, Acta, will present....
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a compliance guide for its final methylene chloride risk management rule issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). According to EPA, the compliance guide will help industry, workers, and other interested stakeholders understand and comply with the new regulations to prevent injuries, long-term illnesses, and deaths. EPA also announced that in June 2024, it released a fact sheet on the rule containing...
July 29, 2024
EPA Begins 90-Day Comment Period on Proposed High-Priority Substance Designations for Five Chemicals
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on July 25, 2024, that it is proposing to designate acetaldehyde, acrylonitrile, benzenamine, vinyl chloride, and 4,4-methylene bis(2-chloroaniline) (MBOCA) as high-priority substances (HPS) for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 89 Fed. Reg. 60420. EPA is providing a 90-day comment period, during which interested persons may submit comments on the proposed designations of these chemicals as HPSs for risk...
Assent presents Evolve 2024, a two-day conference covering the biggest sustainability and compliance challenges and providing educational workshops, entertaining experiences, enlightening speakers, and much more. Lynn L. Bergeson, President, Acta, will present during “The Realities of Risk: A Unique Perspective of the Journey to Deep Supply Chain Sustainability” on October 10, 2024....